returning to simple living

lavender cooling spray

It’s stinking hot here right now. I’m not overly enjoying it, though I can imagine that the tall hormonal kid’s 6th grade teacher is enjoying it even less right about now. Imagine a classroom that you can taste.

Anyway, for anybody who might be a little heat intolerant like me, or experiencing hot flashes, here’s something I made that cools and smells nice.

A sixth grade classroom you can taste…. Shudder! You need to send that teacher a couple of gallons of this stuff! I think I have some rose water I picked up a long time ago and never used. Time to search the cupboards…

I make a headache treatment with lavender, peppermint and frankincense. I used some of the treatment during Ragnar and noticed how cool my head felt during my run afterwards. I thought it was the peppermint, but it’s good to know the lavender will do the trick as well. I’m gonna make a little spray bottle!

For the headache treatment, I put equal amounts of the above oils in a little oil jar. You apply the blend across the forehead, on the temples, behind the ears and at the base of the neck. Instant relief: Lavender is good for healing, peppermint is a distraction and the frankincense is an anti-inflammatory. If the headache isn’t completely gone within 10 minutes, you can keep applying the oils every ten minutes until it disappears. The most treatments I have ever had to do is 3. Plus it works much more quickly than any pain medication can, but without any harmful side effects 😉

I can imagine that would be very refreshing with a beautiful fragrance. I do envy your heat though. We had no summer to speak of and now we’re in the depths of winter. Would love to feel the warm sunshine on my skin.

I read this a while back and copied it into my notebook… then this week I made it – for a totally different reason! I wiped my benches with a sponge, and then everything smelt manky… So then I mixed this up (by eye rather than measurement) and then sprayed the bench and wiped it again. Happy days – smell gone, and everything smells ‘happy’ again! Thanks

This sounds great! I will try it when I get some rose water. I also make a spray similar to Amy’s, with the addition of a little rubbing alcohol. I spray it on liberally to deter insects, cool myself, and also just for an all over relaxed, good feeling. I adore Lavender, and rub just a tiny amount of the essential oil into my temples to calm a headache. I will definitely use Somer’s mix too…the combination sounds lovely.

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